Lamentations 3:40
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40 Let us search out and examine our ways,
And turn back to the Lord;
2 Corinthians 13:5
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5 Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, (A)that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you [a]are (B)disqualified.
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- 2 Corinthians 13:5 do not stand the test
Psalm 139:23-24
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23 (A)Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Try me, and know my anxieties;
24 And see if there is any wicked way in me,
And (B)lead me in the way everlasting.
Joel 2:12-13
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A Call to Repentance
12 “Now, therefore,” says the Lord,
(A)“Turn to Me with all your heart,
With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.”
13 So (B)rend your heart, and not (C)your garments;
Return to the Lord your God,
For He is (D)gracious and merciful,
Slow to anger, and of great kindness;
And He relents from doing harm.
Psalm 119:59
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59 I (A)thought about my ways,
And turned my feet to Your testimonies.
Haggai 1:5-9
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5 Now therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: (A)“Consider your ways!
6 “You have (B)sown much, and bring in little;
You eat, but do not have enough;
You drink, but you are not filled with drink;
You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm;
And (C)he who earns wages,
Earns wages to put into a bag with holes.”
7 Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Consider your ways! 8 Go up to the (D)mountains and bring wood and build the [a]temple, that I may take pleasure in it and be glorified,” says the Lord. 9 (E)“You looked for much, but indeed it came to little; and when you brought it home, (F)I blew it away. Why?” says the Lord of hosts. “Because of My house that is in ruins, while every one of you runs to his own house.
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- Haggai 1:8 Lit. house
Psalm 4:4
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- Psalm 4:4 Lit. Tremble or Be agitated
Hosea 14:1-3
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Israel Restored at Last
14 O Israel, (A)return to the Lord your God,
For you have stumbled because of your iniquity;
2 Take words with you,
And return to the Lord.
Say to Him,
“Take away all iniquity;
Receive us graciously,
For we will offer the (B)sacrifices[a] of our lips.
3 Assyria shall (C)not save us,
(D)We will not ride on horses,
Nor will we say anymore to the work of our hands, ‘You are our gods.’
(E)For in You the fatherless finds mercy.”
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- Hosea 14:2 Lit. bull calves; LXX fruit
Isaiah 55:7
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7 (A)Let the [a]wicked forsake his way,
And the unrighteous man (B)his thoughts;
Let him return to the Lord,
(C)And He will have mercy on him;
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.
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- Isaiah 55:7 Lit. man of iniquity
2 Chronicles 30:6
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6 Then the (A)runners went throughout all Israel and Judah with the letters from the king and his leaders, and spoke according to the command of the king: “Children of Israel, (B)return to the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel; then He will return to the remnant of you who have escaped from the hand of (C)the kings of (D)Assyria.
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1 Corinthians 11:28
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28 But (A)let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
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Ezekiel 18:28
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28 Because he (A)considers and turns away from all the transgressions which he committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
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2 Chronicles 30:9
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9 For if you return to the Lord, your brethren and your children will be treated with (A)compassion by those who lead them captive, so that they may come back to this land; for the Lord your God is (B)gracious and merciful, and will not turn His face from you if you (C)return to Him.”
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Deuteronomy 4:30
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30 When you are in [a]distress, and all these things come upon you in the (A)latter days, when you (B)turn to the Lord your God and obey His voice
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- Deuteronomy 4:30 tribulation
1 Corinthians 11:31
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31 For (A)if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged.
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Acts 26:20
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20 but (A)declared first to those in Damascus and in Jerusalem, and throughout all the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent, turn to God, and do (B)works befitting repentance.
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Hosea 12:6
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6 (A)So you, by the help of your God, return;
Observe mercy and justice,
And wait on your God continually.
Job 34:31-32
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31 “For has anyone said to God,
‘I have borne chastening;
I will offend no more;
32 Teach me what I do not see;
If I have done iniquity, I will do no more’?
Job 11:13-15
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13 “If you would (A)prepare your heart,
And (B)stretch out your hands toward Him;
14 If iniquity were in your hand, and you put it far away,
And (C)would not let wickedness dwell in your tents;
15 (D)Then surely you could lift up your face without spot;
Yes, you could be steadfast, and not fear;
Zechariah 1:3-4
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3 Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Return (A)to Me,” says the Lord of hosts, “and I will return to you,” says the Lord of hosts. 4 “Do not be like your fathers, (B)to whom the former prophets preached, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: (C)“Turn now from your evil ways and your evil deeds.” ’ But they did not hear nor heed Me,” says the Lord.
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1 Chronicles 15:12-13
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12 He said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites; [a]sanctify yourselves, you and your brethren, that you may bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel to the place I have prepared for it. 13 For (A)because you did not do it the first time, (B)the Lord our God broke out against us, because we did not consult Him [b]about the proper order.”
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- 1 Chronicles 15:12 consecrate
- 1 Chronicles 15:13 regarding the ordinance
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